Sir Richard Francis Burton Books


The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The Kama Sutra was like Maxim magazine for ancient Hindus. In this version we not only feature the classic Indian sex manual, but the version translated by everyone's favorite British Knight, Sir Rich..

To the Gold Coast for Gold

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The following extract from 'Wanderings in West Africa,' a book which I wrote in 1862 and published (anonymously) in 1863, will best explain the reasons which lately sent me to Western Africa:—In sever..

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Vol 1

Sir Richard Francis Burton

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo is a travel literature written by Sir Richard Francis Burton.The notes which form the ground-work of these volumes have long been kept in ..

Supplemental Nights to The Book of the Thousand and One Nights

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The subtitle for Sir Richard Francis Burton's Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, is "A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments," however, given the tendencies of its ..

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah

Sir Richard Francis Burton

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah is a travel book written by Sir Richard Francis Burton, a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist..

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 01

Sir Richard Francis Burton

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, an..

The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefwazi

Sir Richard Francis Burton

A fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of literature. The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive, gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about ..

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03

Sir Richard Francis Burton

 This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Pers..